Bicycle-support



No.' 623,807. ,Patented Apr. 25, |899.

c. A. MYERS. BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application led May 6? 189B.)

(No Model.)

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WITNESSES:

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CLARENCE A. MYERS, CF ATLANTIC CITY, NEX/V JERSEY.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,807, dated April 25, 1899.

Application filed May 6,1898. Serial N o. 679,890. (No model.)

To all whom, t 77u63/ concern:

lle itknown that I, CLARENCE A. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic City, in the county ot' Atlantic, State ot New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Supports, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a bicyclesupport which when notin use is practically invisible and adapted to automatically descend into a suitable casing, whereby space is economized and there is,furthermore, no liability of accident or damage happeningr to the support by being struck from above or presenting an obstacle on the sidewalks, road, ttc., the bicycle-wheel being adapted to be held on said casing by a yielding pressure without injury to the tire thereof, and provision is made for adjusting said pressure.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims. A

Figure l represents a side elevation of a bicycle-support embodying myinvention and a portion of a wheel to which the same is applicable, the casing for said support being shown in section. Fig. 2 represents, on an enlarged scale,a side elevation of the support, showing the upper portion of the casin g therefor and the position the parts normally assume when the support is not in use. Fig. 3 represents a section on line x no, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the fork of a bicycle, and B designates the wheel thereof, the latter being shown in Fig. l as engaged by the clip or support C, which consists of a loop or U-shaped member D, the same passing through perforations or openings E in the block or cap F, which is supported on the top of the casing H.

.l designates a seat in the upper portion of the plate G, the same being of sufficient depth so that the crown of the member D will be either liush with or just below the surface of the plate G when said member is in its lowest or inoperative position.

K designates side recesses in the upper portion of the plate Gr, the same being located so as to enable the fingers of the user or operator to readily grasp the upper portion of the support C, and so raise the same from the position seen in Figs. 2 and?) to position seen in Fig. l when it is desired to use the device.

L designates a nut or stop attached to the lower portion of one or both of the members D, said nuthaving one extremity of the spring M abutting thereagainst, while the other eX- tremity of said spring makes contact with the lower portion of the body F when the support is in its uppermost or operative position, as indicated in Fig. l.

The operation is as follows: The parts normally appear as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, the member I) of the support being in the main contained or concealed within the casing H, which latter is sunk into the ground. When it is desired to use the support, the operator inserts his fin gers in the recesses K and draws the support upwardly into the position seen in Fig. l, whereupon the bicycle-wheel can be pushed into the space between the members D, the top or crown of the support C being caused to rmly engage the contiguous portion of the tire of the wheel by reason of the pressure of the spring` M, it being of course apparent that when the parts are in the position seen in Fig. l said spring M tends to exert a downward pull upon the support C, thus holding the wheel in uprightl position as long as may be desired. XV hen the wheel is withdrawn from the support C, the latter falls by gravity into the position seen in Figs. 2 and 3, as will be evident, said support then being mainly invisible and removed from the liability of being struck or obstructing the sidewalk, road, dac. Owing to the nut L, the tension of the springM may be adjusted so as to cause the crown of the member C to eXert more or less pressure on the bicycle-wheel for properly holding the latter on the cap G.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. A bicycle-support consisting of a casing adapted to be concealed in the ground, a perforated cap thereon, a loop-shaped member adapted to slide through said cap, a stop on the lower end of said member, a spring on said member, one end of said spring abutting against said eap when said member is in raised position, While the other extremity of said spring is adapted to Contact with saidv stop, whereby the erown of said member is adapted to exert adownward yielding pressure on the wheel of a bicycle resting on said eap.

2. In a device of the character named, a

casing having a plate secured in the upperv portion thereof, said plate having a body portion provided with openings therein, a seat in the upper portion of said plate, recesses in thelatter, a support consisting of a U-shaped member, thelimbs of which latter are movably mounted in said openings, a stop on the lower extremity of one of said limbs, and a spring supported upon said stop, said spring being adapted to pull downwardly upon said support, when the latter is in operative position, wherebysaid support is adapted to firmly engage and sustain a bicycle-wheel.

CLARENCE A. MYERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM. 

